A year of weather 2022

It's that time of year again where we present to you a whole year's worth of weather!

This annual visualisation rounds up the planet’s weather in just under 10 minutes. EUMETSAT’s Training Manager, Mark Higgins, talks you through just what exactly can be seen from space.

We have highlighted the major storms across the globe with the major storms labelled from light yellow to red, depending on their intensity.

We'd like to thank our international partners for their help in producing this video. This high resolution visualisation was produced by EUMETSAT’s digital media team and is composed of cloud imagery provided by Météo-France, which is superimposed over NASA's 'Blue Marble Next Generation' ground maps and changes with the seasons.

The visualisation includes imagery from the geostationary satellites of EUMETSAT, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Merging our data, we are able to get these very comprehensive views of the entire planet.

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[joey]

Wow, never seen this in such a detail! Amazing audio also!

[Shazzam]

Very interesting. Great perspective of weather around the world.

[josiek]

I love watching these every year. I live in Canada, and obvious why it is the "Great White North" where we are snow covered sea to sea for half the year!

[ritasanchez]

I like how in the southern hemisphere near Antarctica there is just a constant stream of system moving west and then in the north there is so much land that all the weather systems just die off almost immediately

[SaxguyTR]

I love how the clouds seemingly ‘pulse’ from east to west in the southern hemisphere.

[Eastsidet]

I can’t wait for you guys to commission the Meteosat 12 satellite. It will be a revolutionary event in Meteorology in Europe.

[andrewtupper]

You missed the most significant atmospheric event of 2022 - the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai on 15 January 2023. Unfortunately it was very close to the dateline and not clearly visible in this projection.

[jacobbosley]

The physics of masses in the atmosphere is fascinating because it looks like the mechanics of gravity and thermal dynamics apply to cloud behavior. When a storm system becomes larger it becomes less effected by thermal dynamics and pressure changes and becomes subject more to the inertia of its mass and gravity and begins to change pressure where it moves.

[supersonicfan]

Interesting how cloud formations near the equator are different from ones closer to the poles

[espritinde]

It mesmerises me, so beautiful animation

[Mutles]

where can I find this animation to look closer?

[jacobbosley]

How much atmospheric temperature could be reduced by covering the Sahara? How much different the world would be if it was green, instead of a reflective surface that also stores heat energy?

[jackgross]

Odd how many estern us whisps hit england...and how the equater just pulsates with storms

[alihisham]

What about the first few months of 2023?

[SpeedBird]

I missed the mentioning of the most intense extratropical cyclone ever in the Southern Ocean.

[yoube]

Does Eumetsat have or provide more localized versions of this? I can't easily find any!
I'm especially interested in seeing how cloud and rain patterns behaved around the Alps region for the year 2022, so something more focused in Europe or just Central Europe would be even better for my needs...

[barbaradu]

👌👌👌
🌎🌍🌏

Super Kanal !
Habe Abo 👍
Danke.

Die Arktis ??
So MINIMAL ?

[Rin_Cathartes]

Was the Hunga tonga Hunga ha’apai eruption cloud visible in this? Cause I couldn’t find it